The 40th Annual Homes for the Holidays tour in Abilene, Dec. 3 and 4, features a wide variety of historic homes from the grand to the quaint. This year’s tour includes:

Eisenhower Boyhood Home;
Seelye Mansion (1st floor), 1105 N. Buckeye;
Birchmore-Nichols Home – 1204 N. Buckeye;
Shirley Meysenburg Home – 1003 N. Buckeye;
Laura Soelter Home – 804 N. Kuney;
Terry Jackson Cabin – Red Bud Estates, 2191 Eden Road, #11;
Brethren in Christ Church – 1005 N. Buckeye, and
the Volkmann Cabin – Historical Society, 412 S. Campbell.

Tickets for the tour, which will be from 4 to 8 pm on Saturday, Dec. 3, and from 1 to 5 pm on Sunday, Dec. 4, are $10 and will be available from the Abilene Area Chamber of Commerce, the Dickinson County Historical Society, and the Seelye Mansion. Ticket-holders who would like to have a tour of all three floors of the Seelye may purchase a pass for an additional $5 at the mansion.

For tickets and more information, contact the Abilene Area Chamber of Commerce at (785) 263-1770 or 800-569-5915. (Pictures from Abilene Area Chamber of Commerce)